Wexler Alice:
The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea
Huntington's And The Making Of A Genetic Disease
Yale University Press (United Kingdom), 2008
Hardback, 272 pages
Size: 234x156 mm
ISBN: 9780300105025
ISBN-10: 0300105029
List price: £20.00
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The Woman Who Walked Into The Sea
Presents the medical and social history of a devastating hereditary neurological disorder once demonized as 'the witchcraft disease'. This work covers the history of Huntington's in America. It uses Huntington's as a lens to explore the meanings of heredity, disability and medical knowledge among people as well as scientists and physicians.

